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2026 Jayco North Point387FBTS

A North Point luxury full-profile fifth wheel, as built for the 2026 model year — that year's own published weights, dimensions, tank capacities and tire size, and what moved against the year before.

Tow-Critical Data — as built, MY2026

14,830lb
Dry Weight
17,650lb
GVWR
2,775lb
Pin Weight
42ft
Length
Sleeps 4 Fifth Wheel · Jayco North Point Built by · Jayco, Inc. Model year · 2026 Tires · 215/75R17.5'H'

01 What makes the 2026 387FBTS different

The North Point 387FBTS is one of Jayco's North Point luxury full-profile fifth wheels, positioned just below the flagship Pinnacle and above the Eagle fifth wheels. This page covers one model year of it — the 2026 387FBTS, exactly as Jayco published it — because the numbers that decide whether your truck can pull this trailer are not the same from one year to the next. Jayco publishes it at 8' 6" wide closed and 14' 6" with the slide-outs run out for the 2026 model year, which is the measurement that matters for a site pitch as well as for the road.

For the 2026 model year Jayco published a 17,650-pound GVWR on a 14,830-pound dry weight, 2,820 pounds of published cargo capacity, a 2,775-pound dry pin weight. A pin weight in that range lands well outside half-ton territory: plan on a three-quarter-ton or larger truck, and check the loaded pin against the truck's payload and rear-axle ratings rather than against the tow rating alone. The 2026 coach left the factory on 215/75R17.5'H' tyres; the load range in that code is part of the axle rating and a replacement set has to match it.

Against the 2025 build of the same floorplan, 2 published fields moved. The full comparison is in section 02, and it is drawn from two separate verified factory records rather than from one record and an assumption about the other.

A 2026 coach is close to current as of 2026, but section 05 still applies: check it against its build date rather than its model year. Jayco commonly builds a model year well before the calendar year turns, and the tyre date codes have to be read against the build month, not the badge.

02 Full 2026 specifications

Dimensions

Exterior length
42' 11"
Exterior width
8' 6"
Width, slides out
14' 6"
Exterior height
12' 7"
Exterior height (w/ A/C)
13' 3"
Interior height (main)
6' 7"

Weights

Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
14,830 lbs
GVWR (max loaded)
17,650 lbs
Net cargo / payload (CCC)
2,820 lbs
Dry pin weight
2,775 lbs

Running gear

Tire size
215/75R17.5'H'
Hitch type
Fifth-wheel (in-bed)
Model year of record
2026

Capacities

Fresh water
75.0 gal
Grey water
87.0 gal
Black water
87.0 gal
LP / propane
120 lbs
LP / propane, optional
Not published

Galley & systems

Water heater
Not published
Furnace output
40000 BTU
Furnace, auto-ignition
Not published
Outside storage compartments
3

Sleeping

Sleeps
up to 4

Verified specs, drawn to scale

Original graphics built from this floorplan’s own verified figures.

Loaded weight budget

Loaded weight budget for the 387FBTSHorizontal bar. Dry weight 14,830 pounds, then cargo capacity 2,820 pounds, against a GVWR of 17,650 pounds. Dry pin weight 2,775 pounds on the same scale.GVWR 17,650 lbsDry 14,830 lbsCargo capacity 2,820 lbsDry pin weight 2,775 lbs — same scale
Drawn from this page’s published figures. The bar runs from empty to GVWR: the dark band is dry weight, the light band is everything you are allowed to add — water, propane, batteries and gear all come out of it.

Size, drawn to scale

Scale outline of the 387FBTSScale outline of the 387FBTS. Overall length 42' 11", overall height 12' 7", overall width 8' 6".end view8' 6"42' 11" overall length12' 7"
Overall length and height are drawn true to scale from the published figures, and the end view uses the same scale. Axle count is as published; axle position, wheel size and the nose profile are schematic. This is a size drawing, not a floorplan, and not a claim about body shape.

Holding tanks

Holding tank capacities for the 387FBTSHolding tank capacities: fresh 75 gallons, grey 87 gallons, black 87 gallons.Fresh75 galGrey87 galBlack87 gal
Published tank capacities on one scale. A full fresh tank is about 626 lbs of water — roughly 22% of this plan’s 2,820 lb cargo capacity, before you load anything else.

These graphics are generated from the same verified record that builds the table above, and are published under this site’s own licence — nothing here is traced from, or derived from, a manufacturer drawing or photo. Where a figure is not published for this plan, the graphic that would need it is omitted rather than estimated. The full record is in the published dataset.

What it takes to tow this

Built from this floorplan’s verified weights. We publish the trailer side only.

Minimum tow rating your vehicle needs17,650 lb
Published dry pin weight2,775 lb
Loaded pin weight, typical range2,775–4,412 lb
Minimum in-bed fifth-wheel hitch capacity17,650 lb towed / 4,412 lb pin
The pin weight above is dry. It is the figure the manufacturer publishes for an empty trailer. Loaded — with water, propane, batteries and your gear — it runs higher, which is why the range row uses loaded weight. Sizing your truck off the dry number under-budgets your payload.
The arithmetic that actually binds. Open your driver’s door and read the payload figure on the yellow-and-white sticker — that number is specific to your truck as built. Subtract from it: loaded pin weight (use the range above), every passenger, everything in the bed and cab. What is left is your margin. Payload, not tow rating, is what most half-ton owners run out of first.

We do not publish tow ratings for specific trucks. A single model can vary by thousands of pounds depending on engine, axle ratio, cab, drivetrain and package — the only authoritative figure is the one on your own door jamb. Loaded pin percentages are industry convention for fifth wheels (15–25% of loaded weight), not a measurement of this unit. Hitch classes are not used here as a rating: SAE J684 covers trailers to 10,000 lb GVWR and does not define Class V, and capacity boundaries differ between manufacturers — read the rating stamped on your hitch. On this plan the convention band’s low end fell below the published dry figure, so the range starts at the published dry weight instead — loaded is never lighter than dry.

03 What changed for the 2026 model year

Jayco changed 2 of the published fields between the 2025 and 2026 387FBTS. Every figure in both columns is that model year's own factory record — nothing here is carried across from the other year.

Field20252026Change
Dry weight (UVW)14,67014,830+160 lb
Cargo capacity (CCC)2,9802,820-160 lb
Model yearDry (UVW)GVWRDry pinSleepsTire size
202414,52517,3502,7854215/75R17.5'H'
202514,67017,6502,7754215/75R17.5'H'
202614,83017,6502,7754215/75R17.5'H'

Every row is that model year's own factory record. The all-years overview for this floorplan, with the family history and the full line, is on the Jayco North Point 387FBTS parent page.

No published field moved

Jayco's published record for the 2026 387FBTS matches 2025 field for field.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure on this page is read from Jayco's own 2026 model page for the 387FBTS — one source, one model year, no blending. The all-years parent page sets this year beside every other model year we hold, and where the record this catalogue originally profiled disagrees with Jayco's own model page, both figures are published there and neither is adjusted.

Fields Jayco does not publish for 2026

For this model year the factory record omits: Propane Unit (lbs) (Optional), Water Heater, Furnace, Auto-ignition (BTU output). Those rows read “Not published” on this page. They are deliberately not filled in from an adjacent model year — a neighbouring year's figure is an inference about this one, not a measurement of it.

04 Buying a 2026 387FBTS today

Still in warranty

A current-model-year coach is normally inside Jayco's structural and component warranties. Get the delivery PDI paperwork and confirm the warranty start date is the date of sale, not the date of build.

Check the build date, not the model year

Model-year 2026 units can be built well before the calendar year turns. The federal certification label inside the entry door carries the real month of manufacture, and it is what the tyre date codes should be read against.

Weigh it before you tow it

Every weight on this page is a DRY factory figure for the 2026 model year. A used coach carries its previous owner's additions, and a fifth wheel puts roughly 15-25% of the load through the truck's rear axle. Weigh the loaded rig at a public scale and check it against the truck's payload, rear-axle and hitch ratings.

05 How it compares — and to its other years

← Earlier year
2025 North Point 387FBTS

The same floorplan one model year earlier, with its own published weights.

↕ All years
North Point 387FBTS overview

The parent page for this floorplan: every model year we hold, side by side.

06 Loading it for a trip

This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 75-gallon fresh tank is roughly 22% of the 2,820-pound cargo capacity, leaving the 387FBTS with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.

Weight budgetFigureWhat it means
Cargo capacity as published (CCC)2,820 lbEverything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings.
Fresh tank filled (75 gal × 8.34 lb)−626 lbWater is the heaviest thing most owners add, and it is added first.
Cargo budget left with a full fresh tank2,194 lb22% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded.
Per sleeping position, water aboard549 lbA rough share of what is left across the 4 berths this plan sleeps.

The published dry pin weight of 2,775 pounds is 19% of this floorplan’s 14,830-pound dry weight. Fifth-wheel pin weight rides in the bed of the truck, so it comes off payload rather than off tow rating — and it rises with the trailer as you load it, not in proportion to what you put over the axles.

Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 17,650-pound GVWR the 387FBTS is towing 2,820 pounds more than its 14,830-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.

Tank balance is generous here: 75 gallons of fresh against 87 grey and 87 black, so waste capacity keeps pace with supply and the fresh tank is the constraint that ends a dry stay.

07 Where this floorplan sits

Comparable fifth wheelsGVWR (lb)Dry (lb)SleepsLength
387FBTS17,65014,830442 ft 11 in
Pinnacle 36SSWS17,65014,735440 ft 0 in
Model Z 342017,69514,794739 ft 11 in
Cyclone 351117,80013,875641 ft 2 in
Seismic 35917,50013,4906—
Wolf Pack 411STAY17,31014,88445 ft 0 in
Bighorn 38RE17,99515,275442 ft 6 in

Against the 387FBTS: the Pinnacle 36SSWS is 3 ft shorter; the Model Z 3420 is 45 lb heavier and 3 ft shorter and sleeps 3 more; the Cyclone 3511 is 150 lb heavier and 2 ft shorter and sleeps 2 more. Those are differences in the published numbers only — what they cost, how they are built and how they live are separate questions each of those pages answers on its own terms.

Those are the nearest fifth wheels from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.

For scale, the North Point floorplans profiled here run 13,375 to 16,195 pounds dry and 36 to 45 feet of exterior length across 8 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.

Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the North Point line hub.

08 Common questions about the 387FBTS

How much does the 387FBTS weigh?

It leaves the factory at 14,830 pounds dry, and its manufacturer-set loaded ceiling (GVWR) is 17,650 pounds. Real towing weight lands between the two and depends entirely on what you load. Use the GVWR when matching a tow vehicle; the dry figure is only useful for comparing floorplans against each other.

How much can the 387FBTS carry?

Cargo carrying capacity is 2,820 pounds. That is the whole budget: water, propane, batteries, gear and everything you bring. Filling the 75-gallon fresh tank uses about 626 pounds of that.

What is the pin weight of the 387FBTS?

The published dry pin weight is 2,775 pounds. It is measured empty; loaded, it runs higher, and it comes out of your tow vehicle’s payload rather than its tow rating.

What size tow vehicle does the 387FBTS need?

Your vehicle needs a tow rating of at least 17,650 pounds — this floorplan’s GVWR — and enough payload left over for the hitch load, passengers and anything in the bed. This site does not publish tow ratings for specific vehicles, because one truck model varies by thousands of pounds across engine, axle ratio, cab and package. The figure that governs is the payload sticker on your own door jamb.

How many people does the 387FBTS sleep?

It is rated to sleep 4. Rated sleeping positions include convertible furniture, so count the beds against how you actually travel rather than against the number.

What are the tank capacities on the 387FBTS?

Fresh 75 gallons, grey 87 gallons, black 87 gallons. Tank sizes set how long the floorplan can sit away from hookups, and the smallest of the three is what ends the stay.

How long is the 387FBTS?

Exterior length is 42' 11". Measure against your site length and your storage before committing — the exterior figure is the one that has to fit, and it includes the tongue or pin box.

Every figure in these answers is read from this page’s verified specification table. Where the manufacturer publishes nothing, the question is not answered rather than estimated.

09 What this page publishes, and what it does not

This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 13 of them for the 387FBTS. The rest are not shown, because the alternative is reading a figure across from a sibling floorplan or from what the segment usually does — and a number nobody published is worth less than an admitted gap.

Not published for this floorplan: slide count, axle count, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning. If you find one of these in a manufacturer document for this plan, it belongs on this page.

The completeness figure at the foot of this page (86%) measures the same thing on the full field set: it is a measurement of how much this floorplan’s manufacturer publishes, not of how much research went into the page.

How every figure here was sourced and checked is set out on the methodology page.

11 NHTSA safety record

This floorplan belongs to the North Point line, and NHTSA holds 16 recall campaigns and 27 owner complaints against that line. They are separate records and are not added together — a recall is a manufacturer-confirmed defect with a remedy; a complaint is one owner’s account, which NHTSA does not verify.

What to look at on a used one. Across the 27 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are suspension (52%), equipment (11%) and wheels (11%). That is where owners of this family have had trouble, so it is where an inspection is worth the time.

Recall coverage is not complete — our harvest of NHTSA’s recall API ran 1,556 queries, of which 0 failed and 242 returned an explicit zero. A line can still be under-reported where NHTSA files a roster under a parent name, or where a match rests on the wording of the recall rather than its model field. Complaints come from the complete bulk file but are unverified and self-selected: a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the North Point line page.